GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down120
arrow-up1429arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoThere was a solid decade where the pattern broke, and so e people didn’t get back into it. Two thousand, two thousand one etc don’t really work as “twenty oh-one”, etc.
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoI always said “aught” from 2000-2010 maybe even into 2011. “Twenty-aught-eight!” And because it entertained me, I continued, “Twenty-aught-eleven!” Just having fun.
minus-squareBlemboTheThird@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoCalling them “the aughts” is also the best way I’ve found to refer to that decade
There was a solid decade where the pattern broke, and so e people didn’t get back into it.
Two thousand, two thousand one etc don’t really work as “twenty oh-one”, etc.
I always said “aught” from 2000-2010 maybe even into 2011. “Twenty-aught-eight!” And because it entertained me, I continued, “Twenty-aught-eleven!” Just having fun.
Calling them “the aughts” is also the best way I’ve found to refer to that decade